Afterwards was the reception. His mother had finally calmed down a little as they walked around the house talking to various people. After a while his mother got caught up in what seemed like a good conversation and he decided to go outside and get some air. He walked onto the porch where he saw a young girl sitting on the steps. She had her back to him and she appeared to be crying. He walked over and sat next to her. She looked over at him and then back at the ground. They were both silent her face was very red and puffy from having been crying. From what he could tell she was still crying a little.
He had no idea what to say to make her feel better or anything so he asked the first thing that came to his mind which was �Who was she to you?�
She didn�t look over at him as she spoke �She was my aunt, she took care of me.�
�I�m sorry about what happened to her�
�It�s okay� she said.
She was still very quiet looking down at the ground still crying a little and he stood as he said �Well you should go inside and get yourself something to drink or eat or something instead of sitting out here all by yourself.�
�No thank you� she said looking up at him for the second time since he had been out there �You can go back inside, I�ll be fine�
�You sure?�
�Yeah� she said as she looked back down at the ground which to him was a sign that she had meant what she had said and he decided to go back inside.
The next day his mother decided that she wanted to go by her friend�s old house and tell the family goodbye before they left. He was walking around the house for the last time, he didn�t know why he was but he was and he stopped when he heard some people talking in this room.
�Now that we have all the out the way� the guy paused a brief second before saying, �What are we going to do about Angie?�
�I have 2 daughters already I couldn�t possibly take in Angie� one lady said as if trying to convince herself more than the others.
�She�ll be 18 in 6 months, I know one of you can get Angie, she�s a sweet, smart, young lady now come on, Mary would have wanted someone to get her?� the guy said trying to talk someone into taking the girl in.
The room grew completely silent and AJ decided to continue walking but little did he know that his mother was only a few inches behind him and she also heard everything.
After he had given himself a full tour of the house he was beginning to get bored so he went outside to wait for his mother. Macon, GA he thought as he looked around. The place was so dull and quiet to him. The neighborhood looked like something out of Edward Scissors Hands. He laughed to himself a little as he heard the door to the door open he looked back to see his mother carrying some bags and he knew there was no reason that she should be. Soon after he saw her he saw the girl from the day before right behind her carrying bags. He thought that that was strange and he remember the conversation from earlier and he walked over to her and said �That�s very nice of you Mom, you are letting her stay with you.� He said grabbing the bags from her hands.
�No, I was kinda thinking that maybe she can stay with you and your girlfriend that girl.�
He was speechless as she walked pass him placing her bag into the car. He pulled her over to the side as Angie stood nearby listening in. She didn�t want to go as much as he didn�t want her too and from the sound of their conversation this was going to be a very long six months.
Angie Martin 17-year-old who was abandoned again she thought. How could her aunt die on her? Her aunt was all that she had. Now she was off to live with some stranger but she was grateful that they were taking her in because no one else in her own family would. She was asleep when she felt someone shaking her and a voice telling her to get up. She finally sat up and climbed out the car becoming aware of her surroundings. It was dark out by now but she could still see the house. It was the biggest house she had ever seen in her life. She reached back into the car to grab her bags. She stood outside the car waiting for him and after locking the car up he turned to her.
�My girlfriend is here okay, her name is Marisa and you are a temporary stay in friend of the family�which you are but.� He took in a deep breath and released it as he said �Hopefully she is asleep, come on, follow me.�
She couldn�t believe the house. It was so pretty inside, everything so neat. She followed him up some stairs and into what for the next six months would be her room. She looked around and looked like something you only see on TV. It had had cream white colored soft carpet. There was a full sized bed with cream white covers over it. There was a nightstand with a lamp next to the bed and a dresser that sat in front of the bed and a chair over in the corner. Avery nice sized TV hung from the wall. She walked over to the window and opened the long drapes to reveal a slide type door and she closed it back and turned to him as he sat her bags on the floor near the door.
�Angie right� he said making sure he had her name right �I�ll show you around tomorrow and we�ll work stuff out, you should get some-�
She cut him off as she said �I know you don�t want me here and I am sorry for invading your space but�thank you.�
�The bathroom is over there and it�s okay, you seem like a nice girl, goodnight� and with that he left. She couldn�t tell if he was still mad or what he was but she walked over to the door to unpack her bags.